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National and world news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inNation & World, News
This simple structure may be oldest example of early humans building with wood
A pair of crossed logs in Zambia are nearly half a million years old and provide a rare look at how ancient human relatives were working with wood and changing their environments.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Business, Nation & World, News
John Grisham, George R.R. Martin, other authors sue OpenAI over copyright
they call the ChatGPT program a ‘massive commercial enterprise’ that is reliant upon ‘systematic theft on a mass scale.’
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Fed keeps interest rates unchanged but it expects another increase this year
Even as inflation has slowed significantly, the job market and the economy have remained resilient, confounding expectations that the Fed’s series of hikes would cause widespread layoffs and a recession.
Posted inNation & World, News
UN chief warns of ‘gates of hell’ in climate summit, but carbon polluting nations stay silent
The only countries that touted their efforts – ‘first movers and doers,’ the United Nations called them – were responsible for just one-ninth of the world’s annual carbon pollution.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Zelensky, at Security Council, lashes out at Russia but avoids face-to-face encounter
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the council that he would not have come if he didn’t have a proposal to end the 19-month war. He stressed that the restoration of all Ukrainian territory is the key to peace.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
FDA says more research needed before approval for nasal spray to treat dangerous allergies
The agency says the pharmaceutical company needs to conduct another study on repeat doses of epinephrine using the device compared with injections.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Homeowners face rising insurance rates as climate change makes wildfires, storms more common
Estimates show roughly a quarter of all homes in the U.S. are being underpriced for the climate risk to insure those properties.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Republicans question Attorney General Garland on Hunter Biden, Trump cases
Garland – carefully and deliberately – defended the country’s largest law enforcement agency of more than 115,000 employees at a time when threats against agents and their families are on the rise.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Amazon plans to hire 250,000 workers for holiday season. Target says it will add nearly 100,000
The announcement from the 2 companies follows news from Macy’s Inc. on Monday that it will add more than 38,000 full- and part-time seasonal employees.